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Our 2025 season

Directed by Elizabeth Shaffer

April 3-6, 10-13

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Directed by Megan McConville

May 29-June 1 & 5-8

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Directed by Tom morroW

July 10-13 & 17-20

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Directed by Jennifer Kingry

Directed by Jennifer Kingry

August 14-17 & 21-24

Directed by Dana Skiles

Directed by Jennifer Kingry

Directed by Dana Skiles

October 2-5 & 9-12

Directed by Joe DePauw

Directed by Jennifer Kingry

Directed by Dana Skiles

November 13-16 & 20-23

The Tell-Tale Farce

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Run dates: April 3-6 & 10-13, 2025

Directed by Elizabeth Shaffer

Description


It's 1848, and Edgar Allan Poe is just coming off the spectacular success of "The Raven." Unfortunately, it's only earned him a grand total of nine dollars. So when a wealthy dowager commissions him to write her a poem for the vast sum of one hundred dollars, he leaps at the chance. Only problem: the man who shows up to write the poem isn't Poe, he's Poe's mailman, and he's on a quest to woo the dowager's spinster niece. Playing Poe is harder than it looks, though, especially when your mustache keeps falling off, the teenage grand-daughter of the house is lusting after you, and Poe's arch-nemesis, Rufus Griswold, just happens to be dropping by to settle old scores. It’s a freewheeling, closet-hiding, door-slamming farce with an hilarious touch of the macabre!  

Cast

Edgar/Richard Muffinbridge :  Eric Landuyt 

Edgar Allen Poe (the real one) :  Derek Bolme 

Rufus Griswold:   Eric Friedman 

Henry Whitford:  Jacob Lund 

Brinsley:  David Shaffer 

Mary:  Cali Van Zandt 

Helena Dowling:  Elizabeth Hulsbrink 

Sarah  Dowling:  Dana Skiles 

Abigail  Dowling:  Shyan DeVoss 

Crew

Director:  Elizabeth Shaffer

Stage Manager:  Pat Kelly

Light and sound designer: Dana Skiles 

Light and sound operator: Lena DeLellis 

Costumes: – Suzanne Rakestraw 

Set builders: – Jim Skiles, Mike Skiles 

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    Steel magnolias

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    Run dates: May29- June 1 & 5-8, 2025

    Directed by Megan McConville

    Description

    Truvy Jones runs a successful beauty salon in Chinquapin, Louisiana, where all her regular clients have a standing Saturday appointment. Along with her anxious and eager assistant, Annelle, Truvy styles the hair of many of the women about town: wealthy widow and former first lady of Chinquapin, Clairee Belcher; local curmudgeon Ouiser Boudreaux; intelligent and compassionate career woman M’Lynn and her daughter Shelby, “the prettiest girl in town.” Shelby’s engagement is the talk of the town, but the joy and excitement of her wedding later turns to concern as she faces a risky pregnancy and a myriad of health complications. As the ladies of Chinquapin make their way past life’s many hurdles, they draw comfort and strength from one another, along with a fair amount of verbal ribbing. 

    Cast

    Truvy Jones - Jessica Moore 

    Annelle Dupuy-Desoto -  Megan Abell

    Shelby Eatenton Latcherie -  Leslie Day  

    M’Lynn Eatenton -  Suzanne Rakestraw 

    Ouiser Bourdeaux -  Heidi Hamer

    Clairee Belcher -  Pam Kobre  

    Crew

    Director - Megan McConville

    Stage Manager -  Terri Nelson 

    Crew - Bella McConville 

    Light & sound designer/operator - Jennifer Kingry 

    Set builders - Jim Skiles, Mike Skiles 

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      The fox on the fairway

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      Run dates: July 10- 13 & 17-20, 2025

      Directed by Tom Morrow

      Description

      A tribute to the English farces of the 1930s and ’40s, Ken Ludwig’s A Fox on the Fairway takes audiences on a riotous ride that recalls the classics of the Marx Brothers. Set amid the leafy greens of Quail Valley Country Club, the story unfolds on the day Quail Valley faces its oldest rival, nearby Crouching Squirrel Golf and Racquet Club, for the golf tournament of the decade.  Battle lines are drawn and the two clubs, like Greece and Troy, assemble their bravest heroes and play on to the final, madcap putt.  Along the way these arch-rivals get entangled in wagers, injuries, and romance with uproarious mayhem as they do whatever it takes to save face, win their bets and get their lives in order.  You’ll be laughing all the way to the 18th hole! 

      Cast


      Dickie:  David Beeson

      Pamela:  Jessica Moore 

      Bingham:  Samuel Carrington

      Louise:  Sarah Carrington

      Justin:  David Shaffer

      Muriel:  Jackie Patterson

      Crew


      Director:  Tom Morrow

      Stage Manager:  Jim Driscoll

      Set Builders:  Jim Skiles, Mike Skiles 

      Lights and Sound Design: Dana Skiles 

      Props: Ann Keeney-Grafft, Jackie Skiles


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